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Don goes to the temple to pray. Charlie and Amita talk about entropy, randomness, and chaos. Meanwhile, three prisoners exit through a vent then escape using a rope ladder that they constructed. The alarm sounds as they load into a Cadillac that awaits them. They then drive off. The men change out of their prison clothes and throw them out the as they eat a burger that has been left in the car for them. Buck Winters, one of the escapees, looks at an article about Don and plans his revenge.

David and Liz go to the scene and learn that the prisoners escaped using a rope constructed out of a large amount of dental floss. David looks at the list of escapees and learns that one of them is Buck Winters. Nikki, tells Don and Colby that the other escapees are Gray McClaughlin and Rafe Lansky. Colby says that Rafe was a hitman before he went to jail. Don tells the team to treat the case like a normal fugitive case. David tells Liz how Buck killed his father with the help of Crystal, his lover. He says that after the team captured Buck, Don got rough with Buck during his interrogation. David says that Crystal tried to break through a roadblock with a car full of grenades. David says that Crystal was stopped by Don who shot her with a rifle bullet.

David and Liz go to the university and tell Amita, Larry and Charlie that they have a assignment for them concerning dental floss. The group finds that the escapees needed three and a half miles worth of dental floss, or 127 rolls. David and Liz tell the team that floss is a restricted item because it could be used to a tool for murder or escape. Charlie says that they will try to figure out the amount of time that is required to make a floss ladder.

At headquarters, Nikki tells Colby that Gray McClaughlin had a girlfriend named Deanne Drake who he met on the web. They go to her work to meet her. Deanne recognizes that she is in trouble and attacks Colby. Colby refuses to punch Deanne and asks Nikki to help. Nikki grabs a board, hits Deanne and knocks her out. After Deanne collapses on Colby, Nikki takes a picture of him with her camera phone.

The escapees meet with a gun dealer in a motel room. Buck grabs a .50 caliber handgun and Gary says that the gun is bigger than him. Buck says that he has big plans.

The team brings Deanne to headquarters and tell her that they think she brought the escape car to the prison. Colby says that accessory to escape carries a sentence. Deanne says that Gray has a way of convincing people to do things. Nikki asks about the floss, but Deanne doesn't know what she is talking about.

At the university, Charlie, Amita and Larry talk about the floss rope and Larry says that he admires the prisoner's ingenuity. He compares the construction of the rope to Robinson Crusoe and the professor on Gilligan's Island. Larry says that they should create a think tank and bring in Charlie's father. Charlie says that he tried to work with his father when he was very young, but he couldn't see eye to eye with him. He says that he learned early on to keep his life in math and his dad separate.

Charlie tells the team it would have taken about 8 to 9 months to construct the floss rope. He says what is interesting is that using different types of floss yields various results. Charlie says that the wrong floss would not sustain the weight and another kind would create a ladder that would be too sharp. He says that the floss was engineered.

The team figures that the escape must have been planned and that Gray's ex-cell mate who was recently released has the ability to figure out how to make the ladder. David and Han meet with a man named Tim Pynchon. Tim says that he knows that they know that he was Gray's cellmate. Tim says that he sells computers now. Tim says that a man named Lestor Luiz probably helped Gary escape. Colby and David leave and they tell each other that they have a strange feeling about Tim. They wait in their car and stake out Tim in front of his apartment. Later at night, Nikki and Liz arrive and they see that Tim has come home. They watch as Tim goes into another apartment. Nikki and Liz leave their car to check it out. They see Tim meet with Gray. Tim spots Liz and Nikki and begins to fire at them. Liz and Nikki chase Tim down the hallway and are able to shoot him. David manages to tackle Gary and they crash through a glass window. David calls Don and tells him that they have Gray. Don gets another call on the other line. The man on the phone asks Don if he knows who it is. Don says that he knows that it is Buck. Buck then tells Don that he probably knows what he wants.

Liz tells Don that they are trying to track down where Buck called from. Liz says that the entire staff is looking for Buck and that she thinks that their biggest obstacle is him.

Gray is brought to the interrogation room and says that Nestor is a made up person. He says that Tim believed that Nestor was a real person and thought that he would be paid off after working with the escapees. Robin tells Gray that if he doesn't cooperate he can be charged for the crimes that the other escapees commit. Gray says that Buck wants to kill a cop, but Rafe doesn't want to. Robin asks where Buck and Rafe are and Gray says that they are at the Starlight Motel.

Alan goes to David and sees that he is getting ready for a raid. Alan tells David that he didn't do everything right with Don and is afraid for his life. David says that he will take care of Don.

Larry goes to Charlie who says that he is trying to predict Buck's next move. Larry asks if he spoke to Don about his theory. Charlie says no, but he is going to, then leaves.

The team arrives at the motel. Nikki tells the rest of the team that Buck and Rafe are probably still in their room. They break in the room and find Rafe's body in the bathtub. At headquarters, Charlie tells Don that he has worked out an algorithm that will predict where Buck is. Charlie says that Buck will either hide, run or try to kill Don. Charlie says that he knows that Don knows where Buck is. Don says that he read a verse in the Bible that says that he can control what is in his hand. Charlie tells Don that he can't control the situation by shutting everyone out out. Charlie says that the arrow of time only allows changes in the present and the future. Charlie says that what he plans on doing tonight will not change the past.

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